Category: Nursing Home Neglect

Medical Malpractice Limits Ruled Unconstitutional

  MED-MAL CAPS RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL On Tuesday, July 31, 2012, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that caps on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases violate the Right to Trial by Jury in the Missouri Constitution. The court explicitly overruled the precedent set in the 1993 Adams v. Children’s Mercy Hospital opinion (848 S.W.2d 535). The court […]

Written by on August 6, 2012

Senate Looks at use of Psychotropic Drugs for Seniors

A bipartisan sponsored amendment has been submitted as part of The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act. This amendment wants to standardize procedures to prove people given psychotropic drugs for reasons other than what they are usually used for are made aware of their risks and side effects. In the past these drugs […]

Written by on June 5, 2012

Missouri Wrongful Death Attorney

The death of a close family member changes your entire life in an instant. Dealing with the death of a loved one is never easy, but it is especially difficult when the death results from an accident caused by someone else’s negligence. Surviving family members are not only dealing with grief and emotional turmoil, but […]

Written by on April 20, 2012

Former Prosecutor Continues to Fight Elder Abuse

Marie-Therese Connolly worked for years with the federal government investigating and prosecuting nursing homes for mistreatment of the elderly. Connolly left her post as head of the Elder Justice and Nursing Home Initiative but she never stopped working to help the elderly. In 2007 she founded the nonprofit group Lifelong Justice to help detect and […]

Written by on April 19, 2012

Nursing Home Abuse

The estate of retired surgeon whose legs were broken while he was a resident of a nursing home facility was awarded $8 million in damages after a two-week trial. It was alleged that the nursing home tried to cover up what happened when the patient was improperly transferred from a chair to his bed. The […]

Written by on February 14, 2012